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The Power of a Time-bank

Time-banks are a way of bringing people and communities together. Time-bank members give their time, skill or knowledge…

Railways are living memories, even model railways

According to evidence from The Alzheimer’s Society, over 800,000 people currently live with Dementia in the UK. Triggering…

Bryony's journey

Social action is a term often used by professionals. You see it in contracts, on project management plans and in funding…

Giving CECF a voice

Cambridge Ethic Community Forum (or CECF) is an umbrella organisation for Cambridge that provides racial equality…

Steel Bones

Steel Bones works to connect the amputee community by sending out support packs to all new amputees, promoting stump health…

Village Hall demonstrates the value of training

The background: Kirtling village hall sits in the village of Kirtling and Upend, approximately 3 miles south of Newmarket.…

Village halls benefit from peer mentoring

As part of its Support Cambridgeshire contract, Cambridgeshire ACRE wished to explore whether peer mentoring, the provision…

Village hall benefits from social media

Kirtling village hall approached one of the Support Cambridgeshire partners, Cambridgeshire ACRE, for advice on how to better…
Hale Road Allotments

Improving the facilities at Hale Road Allotments in Swavesey

Situated on the right-hand side of Hale Road, the Hale Road Allotments in Swavesey were set up on the site of a former arable…
Chesterton Parents Group

The Chesterton Parents Group and their financial systems

The need Chesterton Parents Group was a newly formed support group for parents within Chesterton in Cambridge. Originally…
volunteering cambridgeshire

Positive People Care – reaching new heights

The need The aim of the Positive People Care is to help and support people with mental health issues discharged from hospital…
Leverington Village Hall

Renovating Leverington Village Hall

  The need Leverington village hall sits close to Wisbech, one mile west of the River Nene. The village has a population…